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Acushnet, Massachusetts - 2 schools
An equity score of 36/100 ranks Acushnet #203 of 362 districts in Massachusetts (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $16,234 per pupil, Acushnet ranks #384 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending (Massachusetts districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
973
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
$16,234
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Acushnet operates 2 public schools serving 973 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Massachusetts. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 elementary schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Bristol County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $16,234 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 40 of 396 Massachusetts districts by per-pupil spending. See how Massachusetts compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 7.3% local, 77.5% state, and 15.2% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 36/100, ranked #203 of 362 in Massachusetts against a state average of 38, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
a 359.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 16.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 87.5% White, 7.0% Hispanic or Latino, 1.4% African American across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Acushnet Elementary School, enrolling 517 students (56% of the district's total enrollment).
Acushnet Elementary School accounts for 53.1% of all Acushnet student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Acushnet a distant remainder — means Acushnet-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Acushnet student-counselor ratio is 359:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Acushnet chronic absenteeism rate is 16.0% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Acushnet is typically wider than the Acushnet-aggregate figure suggests.